Kang captures first US PGA Tour title
South Korea’s Kang Sung fired seven birdies in a fourunder par 67 on Sunday to claim his first US PGA Tour victory, a two-shot win over Matt Every in the Byron Nelson in Dallas, Texas.
Kang drained a 23-foot birdie putt at 15 to take the lead for good on a marathon day that saw the leaders play 27 holes thanks to the six-hour weather delay on Saturday.
Kang, who equalled the Trinity Forest course record with a bogeyfree 10-under 61 on Friday, finished with a 23-under par total of 261.
Every had edged ahead by one through nine holes when darkness halted play on Saturday.
But Kang fired three birdies and bogey over the final nine holes of the third round to regain a threeshot lead.
Every responded with seven birdies -- including five on the front nine -- in a five-under par 66 in the fourth round.
But he was unable to maintain the lead and his 21-under total of 263 was only good enough for a share of second place alongside compatriot Scott Piercy.
Piercy capped a bogey-free tournament -- the first on the US PGA Tour since 2010 -- with a sevenunder 64.
Kang strung together three straight birdies at eight, nine and 10. He was unable to get up and down from a green side bunker at the 12th, but he reeled off another trio of birdies at 14, 15 and 16 to move to 24-under for the tournament.
He was three strokes up when he arrived at 18, where his closing bogey proved immaterial.
“I’m so happy right now,” Kang said after notching his first tour win in his 159th start. - AFP